The ruling on the prostration for forgetfulness when the first tashahhud is forgotten
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The questioner:
The questioner from the UAE says: I performed the first tashahhud, and after completing the third rak'ah, I sat for the first tashahhud, then completed the fourth rak'ah and sat for the second tashahhud. After the prayer, I performed the prostration for forgetfulness. Is my action correct, and is anything required of me?
The Shaykh:
What is it?
The questioner:
He says: I forgot the first tashahhud, and after completing the third rak'ah, I sat for the first tashahhud, then completed the fourth rak'ah and sat for the second tashahhud. After the prayer, I performed the prostration for forgetfulness. Is my action correct, and is anything required of me?
The Shaykh:
Are you a masbuq, or did you pray with the imam from the beginning of the prayer?
The questioner:
There are two cases.
The Shaykh:
Repeat the question?
The questioner:
He says: In the 'Isha' prayer, I forgot the first tashahhud, and after completing the third rak'ah, I sat for the first tashahhud, then completed the fourth rak'ah and sat for the second tashahhud. After the prayer, I performed the prostration for forgetfulness. Is my action correct, and is anything required of me?
The Shaykh:
If he was praying with the imam, then nothing is required of him, because the imam bears the prostration for forgetfulness on his behalf.
As for if he was praying alone and stood up from the second to the third rak'ah while forgetting the first tashahhud, then returning is also dropped from him; that is, he does not return, and he is not allowed to sit after the third rak'ah as he did; he is not allowed to do that. Rather, he continues in his prayer, and when he intends to say the taslim, he performs the prostration for forgetfulness for the first tashahhud to make up for the first tashahhud. He prostrates only at the time of the taslim, and this is sufficient for the first tashahhud. As for performing it after the third rak'ah, that is not in its proper place. Yes.
The questioner from the UAE says: I performed the first tashahhud, and after completing the third rak'ah, I sat for the first tashahhud, then completed the fourth rak'ah and sat for the second tashahhud. After the prayer, I performed the prostration for forgetfulness. Is my action correct, and is anything required of me?
The Shaykh:
What is it?
The questioner:
He says: I forgot the first tashahhud, and after completing the third rak'ah, I sat for the first tashahhud, then completed the fourth rak'ah and sat for the second tashahhud. After the prayer, I performed the prostration for forgetfulness. Is my action correct, and is anything required of me?
The Shaykh:
Are you a masbuq, or did you pray with the imam from the beginning of the prayer?
The questioner:
There are two cases.
The Shaykh:
Repeat the question?
The questioner:
He says: In the 'Isha' prayer, I forgot the first tashahhud, and after completing the third rak'ah, I sat for the first tashahhud, then completed the fourth rak'ah and sat for the second tashahhud. After the prayer, I performed the prostration for forgetfulness. Is my action correct, and is anything required of me?
The Shaykh:
If he was praying with the imam, then nothing is required of him, because the imam bears the prostration for forgetfulness on his behalf.
As for if he was praying alone and stood up from the second to the third rak'ah while forgetting the first tashahhud, then returning is also dropped from him; that is, he does not return, and he is not allowed to sit after the third rak'ah as he did; he is not allowed to do that. Rather, he continues in his prayer, and when he intends to say the taslim, he performs the prostration for forgetfulness for the first tashahhud to make up for the first tashahhud. He prostrates only at the time of the taslim, and this is sufficient for the first tashahhud. As for performing it after the third rak'ah, that is not in its proper place. Yes.
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